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The reform of public finance approved yesterday by the government and the
following protest rally of trade unionists in Prague seize the headlines
in all major dailies on Tuesday. The front pages of PRAVO and MLADA FRONTA
DNES show photos of the same female demonstrator wolf-whistling.
HOSPODARSKE NOVINY has a picture of another protesting woman, hooting a
horn, while LIDOVE NOVINY shows Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla waving his
fist while addressing the crowd.
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A mix of headlines on the front pages - Mlada Fronta Dnes leads with a new
opinion poll claiming support for Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla has
fallen from 75 percent in September to just under half that today.
Meanwhile Lidove Noviny says flat prices have risen by 25 percent in the
first quarter of this year. And Hospodarske Noviny warns of a brain drain
to Brussels as the nation's finest look for new jobs with the European
Union.
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Current AffairsJiri Rusnok vacates parliament post
Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla has fought plenty of battles to preserve his
party's unity in recent months. Now he can breathe a sigh of relief. The
former industry and trade minister Jiri Rusnok, whom he clearly considered
the biggest trouble maker within the Social Democratic Party has vacated
his parliament post - and the political arena.
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Iraq continues to dominate the front pages of today's papers, which look
into the latest developments in the war, including the sacking of a US
reporter who told Iraqi television that the United States' military plan
had failed. On the domestic front, it is the Czech government's decision
to terminate its contract with the Israeli firm Housing & Construction
to build a new motorway that's making the headlines. The leading political
story in several papers speculates on the future of Prime Minister and
Social Democrat leader Vladimir Spidla.
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Current AffairsHas Prime Minister Spidla mishandled presidential elections?
Some commentators have been suggesting lately that Social Democrat Prime
Minister Vladimir Spidla has mishandled the presidential elections. In an
attempt to stamp his authority on the party and prevent his
larger-than-life predecessor Milos Zeman becoming president, Mr Spidla
came up with a public poll to choose the Social Democrats' candidate. It
did not go as he had wished. With the prime minister's choice to succeed
Vaclav Havel - ombudsman Otakar Motejl - coming third, Vladimir Spidla is
now having to back second place Jaroslav Bures, who several Social
Democrat MPs and senators have said they will not be voting for. The
poll's winner, Mr Zeman, is biding his time with an eye to making his move
in a possible second vote. I asked commentator Vaclav Zak how the prime
minister had gotten himself into this situation, and why he had not simply
said six months ago that he wanted Otakar Motejl to succeed Vaclav Havel.
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